Welcome

It is said that we live in the Information Age. To me this means that we are inundated
- TV, radio, movies, CDs, videos, books, magazines, the Web, newspapers, flyers,
billboards, pagers, phones, schools, "junk" mail, etc. etc. etc. The question
is, "Will we master this information, or be mastered by it?". Will we be washed
helplessly to wherever the most recent flood takes us (all the while believing that it is
really where we wanted to go in the first place); or will we learn to figure out on our
own where we want to go, then use information we thoughtfully choose, evaluate and
understand to help get us there?

This site is a work in progress for teachers looking for ways to help their students do
the latter. Here you will find ideas and materials that will fire their imaginations, and
help them develop the skills they'll need to take their places as thoughtful and
productive citizens.

Navigating the site is easy. Just click on the button at
the top of the page for the topic you want. Your choice will appear here. Scroll, point and click
your way through it. When you want to view a different topic, click on another
button.

Throughout the site, links appear as underlined blue text. Clicking once on
non-italicized links with your left mouse button will replace the contents of
the area you are currently viewing with whatever classroomtools.com information resides at the link you click. Clicking on
an italicized link will open a
separate browser window to hold the contents of an external site.

If you are new to the site, perhaps the best way to begin exploring it is to
scroll down the list of what's new. When you
see something of interest, click on it. If you want to see similar
material, click on the link in the category column of the same row of the link
that interested you. Alternatively, you can scroll down
the site map until you see something of interest on
which to click.